Looks and sounds interesting.

The idea is great. I wonder how it will all play out?

TurdbineHater wrote on May 12^th, 2017 at 9:31am:


Well the ex-Turbine dev that lurks around here had a Kickstarted slated to be delivered November 2016. It is still "under development" with no release in sight.

Technomage wrote on May 12^th, 2017 at 12:42pm:


Anthropomorphic Retards

If I recall correctly. I could be wrong, but I have high doubts.

Asheras wrote on May 12^th, 2017 at 4:19pm:

Business as usual, kickstarters are usually delayed by years.

Technomage wrote on May 29^th, 2017 at 10:18am:


That was MajMal.

5 Foot Step wrote on May 31^st, 2017 at 3:11pm:

Just saw this. You're right. Thanks for the correction.

I have an unfortunate tendency to REALLY not care about games that aren't out yet. I've been hurt before...

Haha they have already opened a "Store" to sell kick starter exclusives.... and their KS just ended not long ago..lolz

This sort of thing happened plenty before the days of kickstarter. I mentioned I'd been burned before, allow me to share my story.

The year was 2006, and I was ending E3, back when that meant something. Any of you who went back in the day will remember Kentia Hall, it had the same footprint as the larger facilities but the ceiling was only about 12 feet. So while Microsoft and Sony had indoor booths that were litterally 3 stories tall, Kenita was where they relegated all the small-time developers, the games technology companies(anyone remember SpeedTree?) and the concept games.

As I wondered the hall I was mostly looking for booths where I could casually sit down and try something, I saw a neat looking booth lined with computers, settled in. It was an RPG(I do so love RPGs), and my pre-fabricated character was standing the edge of a lake. The graphics were beuiful, in fact 11 years later I feel like they still hold up, but part of that is wisful nostalga.

As I wandered along the shorline I found a strange creature that was my mount. I was a bit confused, though, since it seemed to talk slower than my character did on foot. That's about when one of the devs manning the booth came over. He said "here, push this, this, and do this with the mount" - the mount turned out to be a dragon, and the commands were what made it take flight.

Again, this was long before WoW would introduce flying mounts, and the flight physics were actually a game in and of themselves. Then the guy showing me the game showed me the map, the little lake I was flying around, and how far it zoomed out...

The game, for those who care, was called Dark and Light; it offered flying mounts and a game world roughly the size of north america. Too scale. It put WoW to shame. It was bigger than any non-procedural game I've seen since.

I waited years, pre-ordered, annnnnd... the game was a major flop. It launched with 1/10th the advertised features, suffered problems I can barely begin to describe, and was generally an unplayable mess unless you were willing to grind SUPER hard from day one and never stop. The grafting system was both the best and the worst, at the exact same time if you can believe that.

Anyway, thats why I no longer get excited about games that aren't out yet. You can talk for days about your ideas, but until that release hits it's just empty promises.

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I feel like you end up happier with your gaming experience that way.

Metal-Beast wrote on Jul 4^th, 2017 at 10:57am:


Its actually easier now than ever for indi-games thanks to high bandwidth. 20 years ago you HAD to sell your game in a store, online payment and delivery were the stuff of myth.

Today, loath as I am to admit it, distributors like, ugh, "steam" make it possible to get your product sold to consumers, and social media makes it easier than ever to get people looking at it.